CBSE Syllabus Class IX, X 2005-2006

French
23. FRENCH - Code No. 018 CLASS IX One paper Suggested Periods Section A Reading Marks : 20 50 3 Hours Marks : 100

Two unseen Passages (Prose or Poetry) with a variety of comprehnsion Questions including 08 Marks for word attack skills 2 10 Section B 1. 2. Writing 30 10 20 65

One Informal letter of not more tham 80 words One short composition (message, note, invitation, Postcard) of not more tham 30 words

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One shore composition of not more than 30 words based on a verbal stimulus 05 10 40 65

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Composition of about 80 words based on a visual stimulus Section C Writing

A variety of short question involving the use of Particular Structures within a context (not in isolated sentences). Test types used will include gap- filling, sentence completion, sentence reordering and construction of questions as well as statements based on clues Provided in a context. The grammar syllabus

will be sampled each year with marks allotted for : verb forms, sentence structures and other areas Section D Culture and Civilization 10 10

A variety of questions which include short question, sentence completion, matching etc. on culture and civilization from the prescribed text book. Prescribed Books "Entre Jeunes" - Main Course Book, CBSE, Delhi "Entre Jeunes" - Work Book, CBSE, Delhi CLASS X One paper Suggested Periods Section B Two unseen passages (Prose or Poetry) With a variety of comprehension Questions including 08 marks for Vocabulary 2 10 Section B 1. One informal letter of not more than 80 words. 2. One short composition involving writing a dialogue in 40 words 05 Writing 20 30 10 65 Reading Marks 20 50 3 Hours Marks : 100

based on a situation provided 3. One short composition of not more than 30 words (message, recipe or invitation) 4. Composition in 100 words involving writing a story based on the outline provided Section C A variety of short questions involving the use of particular structure within a Context (not in isolated sentences) Test types used will include : l l l l l l l Gap filling Sentence completion Sentence reordering Word reordering (in a sentence) Construction of questions or answers Construction of nagative sentences Error correction (not involving punctuation and spelling) The grammar syllabus will be sampled each year with marks allotted for verb forms and sentence structures. Section D Culture & Civilization 15 15 Grammar 35 10 05

A variety of questions which include short answer questions, sentence completion, matching etc. on culture and civilization from the prescribed text book. Books Prescribed Entre Jeunes II Entre Jeunes II Main Course Book Work Book